CWSP® Certified Wireless Security Professional Official: Study Guide

Chapter 4. Enterprise 802.11 Layer 2 Authentication Methods

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE FOLLOWING:

• WLAN authentication overview

• AAA

  • Authentication

  • Authorization

  • Accounting

• 802.1X

  • Supplicant

  • Authenticator

  • Authentication server

• Supplicant credentials

  • Usernames and passwords

  • Digital certificates and PACs

  • One-time passwords

  • Smart cards and USB tokens

  • Machine authentication

  • Preshared keys

  • Proximity badges and RFID tags

  • Biometrics

• Authentication server credentials

• Shared secret

• Legacy authentication protocols

  • PAP

  • CHAP

  • MSCHAP

  • MSCHAPv2

• EAP

  • Weak EAP protocols

  • EAP-MD5

  • EAP-LEAP

  • Strong EAP protocols

  • EAP-PEAP

  • EAP-TTLS

  • EAP-TLS

  • EAP-FAST

  • Miscellaneous EAP protocols

  • EAP-SIM

  • EAP-AKA

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